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-rw-r--r--lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt17
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diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
index abd9157..972e5bb 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
@@ -217,5 +217,22 @@ _test:
stw r2, 0(r3)
blr
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+Compile
+int foo(int a) { return a * -2 + 63; }
+
+to
+
+_foo:
+ slwi r0,r3,1
+ subfic r3,r0,63
+ blr
+
+instead of:
+_foo:
+ mulli r2,r3,-2
+ addi r3,r2,63
+ blr